Japanese Waxwing
Bombycilla japonica
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Bombycillidae
The Japanese waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) is a fairly small passerine bird in the waxwing family found in the eastern Palaearctic, where it breeds south of the breeding range of the related Bohemian waxwing, but overlaps extensively with it in winter. It feeds mainly on fruit and berries but also eats insects during the summer. The nest is a cup of twigs lined with grass and moss which is built in a tree.
Le Jaseur du Japon (Bombycilla japonica) est une espèce de passereaux frugivores migrateurs, native d'Asie du Nord-Est. Description Le jaseur du Japon mesure jusqu'à 16 cm de long. Il a une huppe sur la tête, des plaquettes rouges sur les ailes et une bavette noire sous le bec.
El ampelis japonés (Bombycilla japonica) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Bombycillidae que vive en el este de Asia. Se alimenta principalmente de frutos, aunque también come insectos en verano. Construye nidos en los árboles en forma de cuenco con ramitas, hierba y musgo entretejidos.
Distribution
More from the same family
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
BombycillidaeCedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
BombycillidaeCommon Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
FringillidaeCrested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellus
SturnidaeBank Myna
Acridotheres ginginianus
SturnidaeCommon Myna
Acridotheres tristis
SturnidaeGreat Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
AcrocephalidaeBlyth's Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum
Acrocephalidae